Battle for Maaloula
Under cover of US air power, will Arab Forces capture IS capital Raqqa? | Feb. 14, 2016 |<
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the US-led coalition are competing in a race for Raqqa, because the stakes are very high; to restore Syria's sovereignty, the SAA should be the first to expel Daesh from the eastern Syrian city.
"Tell Me How This Ends"
America's muddled involvement with Syria | Harper Magazine - Feb. 2019 |
The mandarins' disclosures, along with their published memoirs and position papers, made me sympathetic to the Trump staffer's claim that the Obama team left nothing to clarify its Syria strategy. In fact, there was no strategy. There were debates, options, discussions, anguish, orders, counterorders, and actions. In his recent book on his years as Obama's deputy national security adviser, The World As It Is, Ben Rhodes portrayed White House deliberations as group therapy more than strategic planning. "I felt the burden on Obama," he wrote, one of many examples of his and his colleagues' feelings overshadowing circumstances. "He had to respond to this awful event in Syria while bearing the additional weight of the war in Iraq. . . . " But isn't that a president's job?
The men and women around Obama's conference tables and via video links claimed that, more than anything else, they wanted to do the right thing. In Rhodes's case, anything. "Even though I had misgivings about our Syria policy," he wrote, "I was glad we were doing something." Obama's strategists sought to make Syria better. As they admit now, they didn't.
With Both Feet in Syrian Quagmire | @BooMan - Years 2013-2018 |
The NATO Summit of Bucharest in 2008 was in fact a Declaration of War on the Russian Federation. That line of war narrative from the Western alliance is very clear and I have written about the historical facts to unwind the propaganda from the White House, U.S. Congress, CIA, Pentagon and NATO HQ in Brussels, the heart of the European Union. We are One in the sense of the EU has become the Trojan Horse of Pax Americana, to rule the world as in the best days of Christian led colonialism to discover the New World, destroy its indigenous culture and people (savages). See even the Amazon today and description of EU top diplomat us v. them or the European garden and savages from the jungle.
God is not Dead.
God has always been abused to subdue native people and lead at the tip of the lance and swords of the Conquistadores to plunder precious minerals across the Andes and Rocky Mountain ranges in North and South America ... when is it enough I always wondered out loud.
In American pure capitalism it is NEVER enough ... today's goal in life of the individual and a nation: law of nature ... seek prey and devour it, or risk to become prey yourself.
Reading through the remarks of Jens Stoltenberg, there is "clear-eyed" vision inside the military might of NATO [re: United States] to declare war on China, as the rightwing forces would prefer to put the communist symbolism on New China: the CCP. A decade of all out war on the Left, Socialism and piecemeal leftovers of Communism.
I came across the NATO press conference of the Madrid Summit. How fitting, the capital of the Franco regime ... the general would be proud, his children Barroso, Borrell et all. Never forget Spain hosting the last meeting before the invasion of Iraq by U.S. and UK allied forces in defiance of the UN Charter and every conceivable International treaty or law. Destruction, murder and rampage with impunity. Same politicians still present to set policy to confront Russia and China.
Jens in Madrid and Antony in Beijing with a "clear-eyed" vision of war
I hate the expression "clear-eyed" as NATO SG uses it in every meeting with the press to lay out the NATO narrative of the War in Ukraine.
NATO needs to be "clear-eyed" about potential threat posed by China, Stoltenberg says in Madrid.
Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană followed by Q&A session at the 2023 Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly - May 23, 2023
Since 2014, when Putin illegally annexed Crimea, our Alliance has implemented the biggest reinforcement of our collective defence in generations. [Minks Agreement was a decoy to strengthen our hold on the Ukraine]
We've increased the readiness of all forces, deployed combat ready troops to the east of the Alliance. For the first time, we activated our defence planning and European Allies and Canada have spent an additional $350 billion on defence. This meant that when Mr. Putin launched his fully-fledged invasion last year, we were ready. [deputy Mircea you left out "unprovoked" ... because it wasn't unprovoked at all ... decades of setting NATO's targets]
Within hours we activated our defence plans, put 40,000 troops under NATO command, backed by significant air and maritime power. We strengthened our forward defences from the Baltic to the Black Sea. This is to send a crystal-clear message to whom it may concern that we'll defend every square inch of NATO territory - that there can be no risk of misunderstanding or miscalculation. Our security environment is fundamentally changed. High intensity warfare is back in Europe.
Global competition is rising. Authoritarian regimes are challenging our values, our interests and our security. And the threats are multiplying. From terrorist to cyberattacks to nuclear proliferation to climate change. We have entered, my dear friends, the new era of strategic competition.
NATO is up to the challenge. We will train and exercise more together. Place more forces on higher readiness and strengthen our command and control structure. I expect Allies to support the plans, forces and structures set out by our Supreme Allied Commander General Cavoli at the Vilnius Summit this coming July.
I'm very glad to see that several Allies, including the US, Norway, France and others have already signed new contracts with the defence industry.
We will also welcome again, in Vilnius, European Union leadership and our Indo-Pacific partners, at the highest level. Because security is indivisible. What happens today in Europe, can [or will] happen tomorrow in Asia. We need to be careful not to swap one dependency on one authoritarian regime for another. Most notably China.
Chinese rare-earth materials are present everywhere in our societies, our economies. We cannot give authoritarian regimes the chance to exploit our vulnerabilities. And undermine us. But let me be clear. China is not our adversary. We still trade with China. We engage with them on issues such as arms-controls or climate change. But we have to be clear-eyed that China does not share our values of freedom, democracy and human rights. And that poses a challenge to our interests and to our security. China's increasingly close relationship with Russia is also a serious cause for concern. As are its attempts to control key industrial sectors and our critical infrastructure.
The Fall and Rise of NATO | Sydney Morning Herald |
All values post World War II that devastated nations and people across the globe, was part of my rearing at home, in schools and my education in St. Louis MO in the States. Little or none of those values are part of new generation of politicians today. The old men in Washington DC are attempting the continue a fight for full global dominance and continue where the Hiroshima atomic bombs ended the horrific war in the Pacific.
After the fall of Communism in Europe in 1989, apparently the fascist line dating back to the 193Is in America has returned in a sublime state for reeducation of the masses (1984) , a slow but steady process. Made possible after the 9/11 attacks on America, revamping the military, building alliances and expanding NATO as proxy.
The era of Middle East wars planned by neoconservative forces in Washington DC and Jerusalem, brought made countries in its knees. The influx of asylum seekers and refugees induced a rightwing populist movement (fascist) across Europe. The division between Old and New Europe was handily exploited by the politicians in the U.S. Spreading democracy was the cover for regime change and military intervention ... the names of the architects came from both Republicans and Democrats. McCain, Lieberman, Bolton, Clintons, Albright, Kissinger, and unsurprising Joe Biden.
The warnings from Dwight Eisenhower were never heeded, to the contrary after 2000 Big Tech was incorporated in to the war machine of MIC. Seen the benefits during popular uprising in former Soviet satellite states and the Arab nations in 2011.
In today's hybrid warfare, Big Tech is wielding a very big stick and actively is participating in the bloodshed on the battlefield in Syria, Iraq, Libya and the Ukraine.
To preserve autonomy and sovereignty, the world has split into a fortified alliance around NATO and the nations of the South (economic battlefield for minerals) and the Far East with China leading. Central Asia was up for grabs, but after retreat from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, and the defiant state of Türkiye 🇹🇷, it appears the regional powers with Russia and China in Xinjiang will earn the prize of relations with dictators in Central Asia. Watching the development of SCO and the BRICS States as a counterweight to Western aggression and neo-colonialism.
Breaking down the structure of the United Nations brick for brick ...
President Appoints John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations | The Roosevelt Room - Aug. 1, 2005 |
The United States Senate held thorough confirmation hearings, and a majority of United States senators agree that he is the right man for the job. Yet, because of partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators, John was unfairly denied the up or down vote that he deserves.
As a result, America has now gone more than six months without a permanent ambassador to the United Nations. This post is too important to leave vacant any longer, especially during a war and a vital debate about U.N. reform. So today I've used my constitutional authority to appoint John Bolton to serve as America's Ambassador to the United Nations. John Bolton will be an important member of my State Department team, led by Condoleezza Rice.
I'm sending Ambassador Bolton to New York with my complete confidence. Ambassador Bolton believes passionately in the goals of the United Nations Charter, to advance peace and liberty and human rights. His mission is now to help the U.N. reform itself to renew its founding promises for the 21st century. He will speak for me on critical issues facing the international community. And he'll make it clear that America values the potential of the United Nations to be a source of hope and dignity and peace.
As he embarks on his new assignment, Ambassador Bolton will bring tremendous wisdom and expertise. Over the past two decades, John Bolton has been one of America's most talented and successful diplomats. He's been a tireless defender of our nation's values, and a persuasive advocate for freedom and peace.
US President Barack Obama said Syria's civil war would not end unless President Bashar al-Assad leaves power, discounting suggestions the middle eastern leader could take part in future elections.
Russia, Syrian regime, Turkey, Iran to hold another round of Astana talks | The New Arab - June 13, 2023 |
Neocon president Joe Biden says Russian president Putin has no future ...both men claim to be very "religious", the one Orthodox Catholic, his adversary Russian Orthodox Church ... both "leaders" claim they are supportive of Israel and support the Jewish people ... are welcome guests in Jerusalem. Contrary to Joe, Vlad claims to get along well with the minority Muslim people across the Russian Federation, build the great mosque in Moscow. America and Israel benefit from xenophobia and Islamophobia ... both states do not represent human rights or claim to "moral values." Not on my watch.
President Biden on Vladimir Putin:
"For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power."
Joe the master of historic lies and utter bull$hit ... may both men burn in hell In sha'Allah
Just had Biden's speech running in the background ... heard him utter the words: "let's be clear-eyed ..." fu*king antagonist.
Censorship of opposing views Joe, and still can't win your dirty wars of conquest ... all you can do is provoke adversaries and competitors into another war to create chaos and misery.
[from a witness to history]
